This week’s report with trade correspondent L.C. covers US trade developments with Canada (lumber), Vietnam (tires), Brazil (steel), and Taiwan (FTA); the Republican convention; and Japan-Australia-India talks for “supply chain resilience” A WTO dispute settlement panel has found that the US erred in determining that Canadian softwood lumber was unfairly subsidized and that it therefore […]
Limited US trade deal with Japan but not India
Trade Correspondent L.C.’s Weekly Trade Report: As anticipated (URL), President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced a limited trade agreement dealing mainly with tariffs and a second agreement on digital trade when they met in New York on September 25th. But the expectation that President Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would announce a […]
G7, Jackson Hole cap tumultuous week for trade
By Trade Correspondent L.C. The G7 meeting in Biarritz, France ended inconclusively with French President Macron and US President Trump contending over rival agendas and the US president under particularly heavy pressure to de-escalate the US-China trade war. Over the same weekend, international central bankers met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and struck a similar tone. […]
